Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Depression
How Letha works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LISW
- Licensed in
- New Mexico
- Years in practice
- 19
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Letha
Letha Olmos is a licensed independent social worker who helps people manage strong emotions and life stressors. She focuses on practical strategies for anger, anxiety, parenting strains, and grief. Letha keeps sessions straightforward and centered on what clients want to change.
With 19 years of experience, she draws on approaches that help people notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck. She uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to build clearer thinking and workable behaviors.
Background and approach
Attachment-Based and Emotionally-Focused ideas guide work on close relationships and healing from hurt. Letha treats concerns related to trauma, abandonment, adoption and foster care, and gender identity questions among other issues. She also supports people dealing with depression, self-esteem struggles, impulsivity, and isolation.
Her work includes attention to family problems and communication challenges, while respecting each person's story and strengths. Clients can expect a collaborative process where the therapist listens first and then offers tools that fit daily life. Sessions aim to identify small, sustainable steps so changes can feel doable between meetings.
Letha emphasizes building on existing strengths rather than starting from scratch. She practices from New Mexico and communicates in English. International clients may be supported via online formats.
The focus is on steady progress through practical techniques and clear conversation.
What Letha works with
Everything Letha lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Letha's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
Approaches Letha lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people notice painful thoughts and feelings while taking values-based action. It can help with anger, anxiety, and life transitions by teaching ways to move toward meaningful goals even when emotions feel intense.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behavior. It provides concrete tools for changing unhelpful thinking patterns and building new habits, which is useful for anxiety, depression, and impulsive reactions.
Attachment-Based and Emotionally-Focused ideas guide understanding of relationship patterns and how past hurts affect current connections. These approaches help people improve communication, repair trust, and reduce reactive anger in close relationships.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist collaborates with each client to choose methods that match goals, comfort level, and day-to-day life. That process may combine techniques from different approaches so the plan fits the person rather than a single model.
Online sessions offer flexibility with video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video lets people read facial cues and practice skills in conversation. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or for brief check-ins. Chat and messaging support ongoing contact between meetings and can make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules.
Questions people ask about Letha
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She helps people dealing with stress, anxiety, anger, depression, grief, and parenting struggles among other concerns like trauma, ADHD, and self-esteem.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is collaborative and practical. She listens first, then offers tools from approaches such as ACT and CBT to help with thoughts, emotions, and behavior.
What is her professional background?
She has 19 years of professional experience working with a range of emotional and relationship issues and draws on multiple therapy approaches in her work.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds the LISW credential and practices in New Mexico.
Does she conduct sessions in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English, and she accepts international clients for online work.
Which session formats are available?
Sessions can be held by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How are sessions billed and what does it cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling based on therapist availability.